If you have enjoyed any of these stories and would like to read even more Iron Man here a few suggestions to continue reading. Alternatively you can pick up The Invincible Iron Man vol.1 which collects issues #1-#25 in a lovely hardcover. The Five Nightmares is collected in Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares or track down Invincible Iron Man #1-#7. As these attacks are happening Tony falls into the fear that his technology appears to be more commonplace than he anticipated and because of that he might be outdated. Stane’s motivation for these attacks being to avenge the death of his father. The story takes inspiration from Armor Wars (which is discussed above) with international terrorist Ezekiel Stane using Stark technology to preform various terrorist attacks. People who have seen the film will see things they recognise, like Pepper looking more like Gwyneth Paltrow and Tony Stark’s characterisation being closer to that of Robert Downey Jr, but at the same time this series is very much planted in the Marvel Universe. The Five Nightmares is the first arc of Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca’s long running collaboration on the character and one that began around the same time as the Iron Man film. These issues are not cheap so I highly recommend the trade paperback or getting the issues through Comixology. This story is collected in Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle or track down issues #120-128. For icing on the cake Demon in a Bottle introduces readers to James Rohdes (played by Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2), who a few years later will become War Machine.Īs it was written in the 70’s Demon in a Bottle has dated a little, mostly in dialogue, but is a strong concept that holds up today an well deserving of being called a classic. The story also has appearances from many of Iron Man’s rouges gallery – including Wiplash, Justin Hammer, The Beetle and many more as well appearances from heroes, Namor the Submariner and Ant-Man too. While these themes have been explored many times today, back in the 1970’s this was ground breaking. As we see Tony fall deeper into his addiction the reader discovers his failings which flesh out the character beyond a billionaire playboy. The story sets up Tony Stark as an alcoholic and explores the effects of alcoholism, especially on a man with a high-tech suit of armour. Art by John Romita Jr.Ĭonsidered to be one of the greatest Iron Man stories, Demon in a Bottle sees Iron Man face his greatest foe yet – alcoholism. Written by David Michelinie & Bob Layton. This story is collected in Iron Man: Extremis or track down issues Iron Man (volume 4) #1-#6. This story is very continuity light so it is a great place to start if you want to read Iron Man. Throughout the story the reader also learns more about Tony Stark, the man, as he contemplates whether his technology has benefited mankind and if he has been short-sighted, even as a futurist. The story visits Tony’s past and present with a revised origin, which the first Iron Man film ended up borrowing from. This choice of infecting himself with the virus created a new status quo for the character as his armour technology is now integrated into his body, stored within his bones. Tony Stark has to make the choice of infecting himself with the Extremis nano-tech virus or die. The changes are set in motion when Iron Man is sent to recover the Extremis nano-tech technology from a villain significantly more powerful than him and in the process is left near death. Not only did Extremis introduce a new suit it also changed the status quo of the character in a way that was fresh and not done before. Iron Man was in need of a story that would push the character into the future and Extremis happened to be just that.
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